Satellite L650-12Q - Sound shifted off to the left

Purchased a Satellite L650-12Q yesterday. I'm happy but I listen to quite a lot of music on my laptop through headphones. I've noticed that the sound is panned somewhat to the left, rather than spread evenly across left and right of my headphones. This is across several types of music - my mp3s, youtube clips etc. The only thing that was really 'central' was a track that is virtually mono (if not actually mono). I've listened to the same track on my old laptop, on my mp3 player (with the same headphones) and there's definitely a shift to the left headphone.
I know there's no issue with the headphones themselves, and I'm discounting a dodgy connection - so could it be how the sound is being processed through to the headphones (through the speakers on the laptop, the sound appears to be evenly spread.) and if it is, what can I do about it?
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Steve

Thanks for the reply, Xardas.
Took a look at the Sound settings, and lurking in Sounds>Playback>(Speaker) Properties>Dolby, it was defaulted to Audio Enhancement (not the issue) BUT ALSO defaulted to Surround Sound. When I disable Surround Sound ... lo and behold, I'm back in the world of Stereophonic Sound, and the L/R balance is good.
(Not sure why the default would be Surround Sound)
I guess it might explain why the mono sound was the only thing that was OK.
Anyway, problem fixed, and thanks for the response, it's much appreciated.
Steve

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